Valve



Jan. I4, 1930. A. J. wEATll-IERHEAD, JR 1,743,413

Jan.. 14, '1930. A. J. WEATHERHEAD, J'R

VALVE Filed Jan. 23, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 S14/vanto@ A- T- Weaille'theadj,

Strawn? Patented Jan. 14,

ALBERT J. WEATHERHEAD,

Jn., or CLEVELAND, omo

VALVE Application led January 23, 1926. Serial No. 88,189.

My invention relates to angle `l`valves and a lnethod of making the same, and in creating this `invention my object in general has been to simplify thels'teps of producing a valve of angular formation; first, by making i 4the valve body in separate pieces or parts so that each part maybe accurately and'cheaply produced in and by automatic screw machines; and second, by constructing all the pieces and valve members in a particular way to permit them to'be readily assembled' in orl -parts assembled and drilledv operable union and with {luid-tight joints. In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is an enlarged side elevationof a complete valve constructed according to my invention, and Fig.'2 is a sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the valve on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Figs. 4' and ,4a are sectional views of modified forms of the invention. Figs. 5 to 10, inclusive, discloses the various pieces parts from which the cock is constructed; Fig. 5 being a side View of the handle; Fig. 6 a sectional View of the cap nut; Fig. 7 a side view of the bonnet or coupling nut; Fig. 8 a side view of the valve stemyFig. 9 a sectional view of one body part partly completed; and Fig. 10 a side view of the inner body part or extension. Fig. 11 is a top view of the handle. Fig. 12 is a side view of the bonnet, cap nut, and valve stem assembled. Fig. 13 is a sectional view of the two body to receive the bonnet and other members.

The cock or valve comprises a main body part 2 having a lateral branch or nipple 3 which may be screw-threaded either externally or internally as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, respectively. Branch 3 is drilled longitudinally to provide a water passage 4 which is in constant open communication with the valve chamber when the valve is completed. Butin .the steps taken to produce the valve body part 2is cut toa given length from a square rod and given its desired shape in an automatic screw machine. Body part 2 may be shaped variously but as shown has flat sides 5 andftlat ends 6-6, and a luted or corru ated opening 7 extends axially through the ody at right angles to passage 4. The opposite ends of opening 7 are recessed, or countersunk and the edges of the openings made either sharply angu ar or beveled to provide annular seating shoulders 8 and 9 within the flat ends 6 6', p such ends may he tightly sealed and the escape of fluid prevented after other parts of the valve are inserted and fastened inplace. Thus, a second body part l0 is .out from rod stock and given a cylindrical form and liuted or corrugated externally over a part of its length, this luted portion or belt 10, being made to iit tightly within luted openin 7 in body part 2. In addition body part 10 as'a. beveled enlargement 11 annularly at its middle, or opposite one end of' the uted belt 10, to engage and seall end shoulder 9. The lower portion or end extension 12 of part 10 may be screw-threaded to permit the valve toy be attached to a vacuum tank or any other container or appliance, and a small axial bore 14 extends'through extension 12 and communicates with a larger counter bore or valve chamber 15 centrally within body part 10. The Hat shoulder 13 at the base of chamber 15 provides a central valve seat with a sharp corner 16 beneath the p'lane of transverse opening 17 in the iluted side of body part 10, which side opening registers with the inner end of passage 4 in branch 3. Extension 3 of body part 2 is only drilled part way when rst made, but after the two body parts 2 and 10 are tted together assage 4 is extendedby drillingx through oth fluted walls thereby producing side opening 17 in the inner member. y A

Part 10 is fastened within part 2'by a coupling member 18 having a hexagonal enlargement 19 'at its middle. The opposite ends of member 18 are screw-threaded, and enlargement 19 is beveled at its base to provide a smooth annular seating surface 2O adapted toengage the corner edge 8 of the uted opening in'body 2 when the beveled enlargement 11 on body 10 is drawn against corner 9 at the oppositeend of opening 7 thus coupling the parts tightly together with fluid-tight effect. The corner edges 8 and 9 may be bev-- eled, but preferably are sharp to permit a tight bite to be obtained4 with beveled surface 20 and the beveled face of enlargement whereby y 11. Coupling member 18 in Fig. 2 has a screw-threaded bore laxially therein which is adapted to receive a screw-threaded valve stem 22, the inner end of thestem having a valve head 23 which is beveledat top and bottom. When the valve head is raised its upperbeveled surface engages a sharp-edged valve seat 21 at the bottom of memberslS, and when the valve head is lowered its lower beveled surface bears against the sharp-edged valve seat 16. A cap nut 24 containing packing is attached to the outer end of member 18 to seal the joint around the stem, preferably by a spinning or pressing operation whereby the handle and stem are permanently fastened together. i

Due to its sectional construction as described the cock or valve may be produced rapidly and cheaply. For example, the two body parts 2 and 10, respectively, may be formed separately and given their desired shapes and screw-threads by automatic screwmachine operations. The packing nut, cou- Bling member, and the valve stem, may also e produced separately and automatically in such machines. The handle may be a pressed product, and the luted opening in body part 2 and the corrugated surface on part 10 may be made by complementary broaching dies. Thus in the steps taken to produce the cock or valve, body part 2 is cut to lengths from a round or rectangular rod and turned to the desired shape and then drilled to provide two smooth bores at right angles. Preferably, the small bore or passage in branch 3 is not drilled clear through to the larger bore at this -time, thus permitting broaching and corrugating or uting operations on a smooth and unbroken wall. The end recesses for seats 8 and 9 may also be formed in drilling or boring operations. Similar steps are. taken to produce e lindrical part 10 having the fluted part w ich may then be pressed into the uted opening in part 2 to the limit as fixed by the beveled enlargement at its middle. Passage 4 in branch 3 may then be extended by drilling through'the corrugated walls of the assembled parts 2 and 10, respectivel The valve stem, coupling member and andle are produced separately by automatic screw machine operations and the stem, coupling member and screw cap sleeved together prior to aflxing the handle to the stem. The coupling member is then screwed linto or upon the cylindrical part 10 until a tight sealing union is effected at both' seat-s 8 and 9. -The cock or valve is now com- Y pleted.

Huid-tight connection to be made with a supply or discharge pipe 26. Thus, extension 3 is screw-threaded internall to receive a screw-threaded bushing 27 havin `an inwardly beveled recess 28 at one end a apted to ref ceive the larin end flange 29 of ipe 26. When the bushing is inserted the ange is compressed and clamped against a. conical projection 29 at the base of the screw-threaded opening in extension 3', and the opening in pipe 26 coincides with passage 4 extending axially through seating cone 29. A side opening 17 in inner body part 10 forms a continuation of passage 4 as in the other form of valve herein described, but the upper end ofbody part 10 is in this instance made longer and projects beyond the upper -face of main body part 2 to permit a coupling member 18 having internal screw-threads to connect with external screw-threads 30 on body part 10. In this'form of valve the screwthrea/ded valve stem 22 is directly connected by screw-threads with body part 10, and only the'cap nut 24 is screw-engaged with the bonnet or coupling member 18. Notwithstanding these differences the couplin member 18 effects a fluid-tight union with ody part 2 in substantially the same wa as in the other form of the device because a eveled shoulder 20 is provided at the bottom edge of member 18 which impinges a. sharp corner 8 on body part 2.v It may be noted that the sharp corner andbeveled seat in this case is a mere reversal of the corresponding parts 8 and 2O shown in Fig. 2. Thus, in'screwin cou 1mg member 18` against-corner the uted ody part 10 is fastenedtightly to main body part 2 because the beveled enlargement 11 is caused to impinge the sharp corner edge and seat 9 on the bottom face 6 of part 2. The beveled end 20 of bonnet member 18 may `also be made thinner, see Fig. 4*, and sleeved over a smooth wall portion 31 at the base of screw-threads 30 on body 10, whereby the beveled.l end 20 may be compressed to fit tightly against the smooth wall portion 31 and a tight joint obtained with the inner body member 10 as well `as with the outer body part 2.

In Fig. 4, when valve head 23 is raised to its limit, its upper beveled extremity will` engage the sharp corneredge 21 at the bottom of the bonnet or cou ling'memberl18, thereby forming a fluid-tight joint around valve stem 22. When the valve is in this wide open position the stem is sealed, and the joints at corners 8 and 9 of the two part body are also sealed, by metal to metal contacts.

What I claim, is: l

1.4 A cock or valve, comprising a pair of body sections sleeved together at right angles having fluid passages intersecting each other,

a coupling section adapted to draw said body V passages having ay screw stem extending through said coupling section, one of said body sections and said coupling section having beveled sealing surfaces adapted to effect a metal to metal sealing contact with the other body section when the said sections are drawn tightly together.

2. A cock or valve, comprising a body section having a transversely dentelated opening and a fluid'passage at right angles therein, a second body section having a dentelated portion fitted within said transversely dentelated opening containing a fluid passage and a valve seat, a coupling member uniting said body sections together, and a valve opposite said seatr having a screw stem extending through said coupling member.

3. A cock or valve, comprising a body section vhaving an opening therein extending through opposite sides thereof and having a sharp cornered edge at each end and a screwthreaded branch having a passage extending at right angles tosaid opening, a cylindrical section fitted tightly within said opening extending through the opposite sides of said body section having a valve seat and a fluid passage therein and formed at one end with a beveled` shoulder, arcoupling nut connected with said'cylindrical section having a beveled portion adapted to bear against said body section with drawing effect on said cylindrical section and a valve stem extending through said coupling'nut opposite said valve seat.

4. A cock' or valve, comprising a body section having an opening therein formed with sharp-edged seats at opposite ends thereof, a

having double beveled sealing surfaces and a screw stem .extending through said coupling section, said coupling section havin a sharpedged seat adapted to be engaged y one of the beveled surfaces of said valve in opening movements thereof, and one of said body sections having a sharp-edged valve seat adapted to be engaged by the other beveled surface f ALBERT J. WEATHERHEAD, JR.

cylindrical body section fitted within said l opening -having `a beveled seating shoulder adapted to engage one of said sharp-edged seats, a coupling member connected with said cylindrical body section having a beveled seating shoulder adapted to engage the other sharp-edged seat, said body sections having intersecting fluid passages and a valve with- 1n said passages having astem extending through one of said parts.

5. A cock or valve,-comprising a body section having a lateral screw-threaded extension containing a passage and formed with a narrowly-serrated opening at right angles to said extension, a dentelated cylindrical section fitted within said serrated opening having a valve seat and Huid passage and screwthreaded at its opposite ends, a coupling nut having screw-connection with one end of said cylindrical section and adapted to engage said body section, a valve opposite said seat having a screw stem extending through said coupling nut, and afpacking nut for said stem.

6. A cock or valve, comprising a pair of body sections having correspondingly dentelated Surfaees, and sleeved together on such surfaces, a coupling section uniting said pair of body sections tightly together, a valve 

